Opportunity India Desk

India has become the second largest market for e-learning after the US. The e-learning sector is currently pegged at $ 2-3 billion, and is expected to touch $ 40 billion by 2017. The distance education market in India is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 34 per cent during ...

With 700 universities and more than 35,000 affiliated colleges enrolling more than 20 million students, Indian higher education is a large and complex system. India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world. However, skill/competency based education is a sector which is not given the attention it deserves.Skills based education is marred ...

Building a product because you can’t find it somewhere else may be the biggest cliché, but sometimes it’s the appropriate approach to create a new market space. Mudit, one of the founders of Qriyo was once looking for Yoga courses to take. However, he didn’t want what most of the regular yoga instructors offer or ...

Please tell us in detail about the inception and growth of the brand?After completing two successful years in India, Gionee aims to become a $1 billion company by end of FY 16. In 2013, the company has entered India and reported revenues of Rs 500 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 2,750 crore in ...

Literacy in India is imminent for its socio-economic development. The rate of literacy in India has increased to 74.04 per cent in the year 2015 from 64.83 per cent in 2001. Recent surveys have confirmed that literacy skills are linked to the socio-economic status and level of deprivation, with those from more deprived areas achieving ...

Curofy is a startup which was founded by three like-minded individuals to offer ultimate medical solution to patients. The startup raised Pre-Series A funding in October '15 from Roundglass Partners, a Seattle based healthcare VC. Prior to this, the startup raised a seed round of US$150,000 from a group of highly respected angels including Rajul ...